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Greek Terms
- Active: A fully initiated member of a Greek chapter.
- Alum: A member who has graduated.
- Bid: A formal invitation to a rushee to join a chapter.
- Chapter: The local group which represents a segment of the national organization.
- Chapter house: Where the chapter lives, under certain guidelines.
- Formal Rush: The period set aside for the structured recruitment period.
- Fraternity: A Greek organization for men.
- Greek: A member of a fraternity or sorority.
- National Pan-Hellenic Council: Campus coordinating body of historically black Greek-lettered fraternities and sororities that are a part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (http://www.nphchq.org/home.htm).
- Initiation: The time when a pledge or associate is made a full member.
- Interfraternity Council: IFC is the student governing board of all social fraternities that are a part of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (http://www.nicindy.org/index.html)
- Inter-Greek Council: IGC is the governing body of the fraternities and sororities that are a part of the four sub-councils of IFC, MGC, NPHC, and PA.
- (Inter)National: A term referring to the central organization of a given fraternity or sorority.
- Membership Intake Process: The process by which NPHC and MGC gain new members.
- Multicultural Greek Council: MGC is the programming and governing body for multicultural fraternities and sororities which include Latino and diversity-interest groups.
- New Member: A member of a Greek organization who has not been initiated.
- Panhellenic Association: PA is the central coordinating body of all sororities that are a part of the National Panhellenic Conference (http://www.npcwomen.org/).
- Saluki Family Weekend: weekend select during the fall for students to invite their parents to see the university and enjoy Saluki Family Weekend and enjoy the annual Greek Sing.
- Philanthropy: A Charitable project sponsored by an organization. Each sorority has both local and national philanthropy.
- Pledgeship: The time during which new members learn about the fraternity or sorority they are joining.
- Ritual: Traditional beliefs of a sorority or fraternity.
- Recruitment/Rush: The process by which a fraternity or sorority recruits new members.
- Potential Member: A person interested in becoming a member of a fraternity or sorority.
- Sorority: A Greek organization for women.
- Theta Xi Variety Show: Originally organized by the Theta Xi Fraternity in 1948, the event is now organized by the Inter-Greek Council each spring for the entire Greek community. Chapters entertain their families, Greek alumni, faculty and staff, and the Carbondale community in Shryock auditorium with short theatrical productions.
